Person:Rhoda Jordan (4)

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Rhoda Jordan
b.1830 North Abington, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
 
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  1. Horace B. Knight1851 -
  2. Ruth E. Knight1854 -
  3. Ella Knight1855 -
  4. Clarence Adelbert Knight1856 -
  5. Louisa S. Knight1865 -
  6. Sada Knight1866 -
  7. Frederick B. Knight1869 -
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Name Rhoda Jordan
Gender Female
Birth? 1830 North Abington, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Marriage to Jeremiah B. Knight
Reference Number 1024+2711>2117+


BIOGRAPHY: SEAMAN JORDAN

FROM THE ABINGTON JOURNAL . THURSDAY SEPT 7. 1967

JORDAN HOLLOW WAS NAMED AFTER A YOUNG MAN OF IRISH PARENTAGE WHO WAS BORN AT SEA IN 1799 AND WAS CHRISTENED SEAMAN JORDAN BECAUSE OF THE FACT.

SEAMAN'S PARENTS WITH THE SEABORN INFANT LANDED IN RHODE ISLAND WHERE THEY SETTLED.

AFTER GROWING UP , HE MARRIED SUSAN EDWARDS OF RHODE ISLAND. YOUNG JORDAN CAME TO A SPOT WHICH HE LIKED AND CLEARED A FARM. THE SPOT IS NOW NEAR BENTON-SCTT TOWNSHIP LINE. SUSAN DIED IN 1855 AFTER WHICH HE MARRIED CLARA SCOTT, WHO DIED AROUND 1867. HE LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH HIS DAUGHTER RHODA, WHO WAS MARRIED TO JEREMIAH B. KNIGHT.

THERE WERE ELEVEN CHILDREN 1. RHODA JORDAN (B. 1830 IN NORTH ABINGTON) MARRIED JEREMIAH KNIGHT (B. 1830 IN NORTH ABINGTON) 2.ALMEDA JORDAN (B. NOV 14TH, 1821 DIED NOVEMBER 22, 1887) MARRIED JEREMIAH VANDERMARK GREEN ( BORN NOV. 17, 1818 DIED MAY 23RD, 1904) 3. BETSY ANN JORDAN( B. 1824) MARRIED LYMAN FRANKLIN (B. 1816) 4. ELIAS JORDAN MARRIED BETSY ANN COLVIN 5. CHARLES H. JORDAN MARRIED LOUISA COLVIN 6. SALLY ANN JORDAN MARRIED MICHAEL VAN KLEEK 7. STEPHEN R. JORDAN MARRIED LUCY CARD 8. WILLIAM JORDAN MARRIED PHOEBE KEATOR 9. ERASTUS JORDAN MARRIED EMMA THOMPSON 10. GEORGE ANDREW JORDAN - KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR 11. LYSANDER JORDAN - KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR

THE TEN CHILDREN THAT MARRIED GAVE SEAMAN JORDAN 42 GRANDCHILDREN AND A GREAT NUMBER OF DESCENDENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE STILL IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. R.M. JORDAN WHO OPERATES A RESTAURANT AND STORE IN JORDAN HOLLOW, NEAR THE SPOT SEAMAN JORDAN CLEARED THE ORIGINAL FARM. R.M. JORDAN IS THE SON OF MILES, WHO WAS BORN IN 1875 AND DIED IN 1950.

MILES WAS THE SON OF STEPHEN JORDAN AND LUCY CARD,MENTIONED ABOVE, WHICH WOULD MAKE R.M. "DICK" JORDAN A GREAT GRANDSON OF SEAMAN, WHO GAVE JORDAN HOLLOW IT'S NAME.

THE ABOVE HISTORY WAS COMPLIED IN 1944 BY REV WILLIAM P. LEWIS FROM FAMILY RECORDS, CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH LIVING DESCENDANTS OF SEAMAN JORDAN,WHO HAD INFORMATION HANDED DOWN IN THE FAMILY BY WORD OF MOUTH.

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